Without documented evidence of the tests, there is no official confirmation that the medicines complied with statutory quality requirements.
By
Linet Owoko
Correspondent
Nation Media Group
An audit has revealed that medical drugs were distributed to public hospitals without proof of mandatory quality testing in the financial year ending June 2025, marking a second successive year of such uncertainty.
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